Enneapterygius clarkae
Enneapterygius clarkae, the barred triplefin, is a species of threefin blenny in the genus Enneapterygius.[2] It was described by Wouter Holleman in 1982, and was given its species epithet in honour of American ichthyologist Eugenie Clark[3][4] (1922-2015)[5] It is a tropical blenny known from the Indian Ocean, and has been described from the Red Sea to Natal, South Africa.[2] Male barred triplefins can reach a maximum length of 2.5 centimetres.[2]
| Enneapterygius clarkae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Tripterygiidae |
| Genus: | Enneapterygius |
| Species: | E. clarkae |
| Binomial name | |
| Enneapterygius clarkae Holleman, 1982 | |
References
- Williams, J.T. (2014). "Enneanectes clarkae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T179080A1567395. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T179080A1567395.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Enneapterygius clarkae" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- Holleman, W. (1982). "Three new species and a new genus of tripterygiid fishes (Blenniodei) from the Indo-West Pacific Ocean". Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums (Natural History). 14 (4): 109–137.
- Katherine E. Cullen (2006). Marine science: the people behind the science. Pioneers in science. Infobase Publishing. p. 118. ISBN 0816054657.
- Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 January 2019). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
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